Monthly Archives April 30, 2014

The AFL Umpire profiles are now updated on the AFLUA website.
Please click on the following links for each discipline.
FIELD UMPIRE PROFILES: Click here
BOUNDARY UMPIRE PROFILES: Click here
GOAL UMP...

Tasmanian based goal umpire, Mark Ensbey umpired his first AFL game yesterday when he lined up in the Western Bulldogs v Adelaide match, becoming the 337th goal umpire to umpire an VFL/AFL match.
Mark origin...

Elite sportsmen and women are driven by many factors. They are all high achievers hungry for sustained success, to prove that their first victory or moment was not a fluke. Some like David Dixon are also drive...

Here is a quirky one to start this weeks observations. Did Ben Ryan not hear the call from Luke Hodge yesterday which meant that the coin had to be tossed again or was it that the coin tosser used a "lucky coi...

The AFLUA through the Jeff Crouch Foundation donated $5445 to the Children's Hospital appeal on Good Friday. The foundation was established by the association as a remark of respect to life member, Jeff Crouch ...

Laurie, passed away on Good Friday aged 80 after a brief illness. Laurie began his umpiring as a field umpire with the VFL reserve grade competition in 1954. He joined the VFL senior panel in 1957 until his r...

It has been almost a decade of umpiring AFL footy, but upon reflection, Chris states, “it has gone pretty quick.”
Chris began his umpiring career in the VFL in 2003, alongside fellow AFL boundary umpires, Da...